A daring headphone: The biggest soundstage and best detail in a closed back headphone in its 300$ price range category, and maybe even beyond. The Soundmagic HP-1000 is the new flagship over-ear headphone from Soundmagic which I will be reviewing here. I come from a background that mostly consists of closed backs, so I am very excited to review this one. As a hobbyist I try to keep improving my use of sound jargon in order to correctly and accurately describe the headphone I am reviewing, criticism is always welcome. I am no professional by any...

The best of both worlds: End-game headphone entertainment for a fraction of the TOTL (Top of the line) price. I will draw a lot of comparisons to the Fostex X00-Purpleheart that I also have owned for 4 years now as that headphone is hypothesized to contain the same driver as the E-MU Teak, but with a different wooden-cup enclosure. Next to the actual wood resonating differences the Teak cup has a differently cut interior which apparently contributes to the bigger difference in sound compared to the other wooden cup variants. For smoother writing...

I have owned my HE-400 for over 3 years now. I have gone through a love hate relationship with them as they simply are not the jack of all trades headphone I was looking for. However, over the years I began to appreciate their outstanding qualities they do posses. These cans go incredibly good with trip hop, hip hop, instrumental and orchestra. Vocal based music is a hit or a miss. Males can end up sounding quite a bit deeper but sometimes missing that organic warmth due to the rise of the 1k region and scooped mids after which make vocals sound...

I received the Purpleheart August last year and have not been able to put them down since. They have become my daily driver, I can only say positive things about them. These headphones are incredibly balanced and have a W sound signature, meaning each part of the spectrum is presented but coloured in a way to sound as musical as possible. There is something very engaging about the Purpleheart's presentation. Despite me now owning the E-MU Teak and thinking it is a techncially superior headphone, the Purpleheart's have this intimate and almost speaker...

*Soundmagic replaced this Headphone for the HP151 and also has a higher end model HP-1000 now available

These headphones sound so magical, that you don't want anything to be wrong with them. There is an Achilles heel, but with some care it can be remedied. You have to be careful how to handle them as the yokes holding the cups are a bit fragile. Soundmagic has replaced this specific model with the HP-151 which has a stronger build but same sound applies so this review also applies to the HP-151. On the comfort side of things, the HP-150's are comfortable but do get a bit hot to wear after an hour or two. But let me jump into the sound quality...

I bought the HD25 Aluminium 3 months ago and so far this headphone has done nothing but impress me. For the qualities it delivers I find it's still a highly overlooked headphone due to the predecessor still being sold. I can easily say that these are far better than the HD25-1-II's and are probably the best portable on ear headphones in the market today. This can has a dominant bass presence that definitely will attract bassheads but the mids and highs are perfectly balanced alongside that bass. This headphone is of audiophile quality back to back...

If I had to visualize the sound signature of the HTF-600, I would describe them to be the bridge from a melancholic place connecting to a cheerful heaven. These cans extract the soul and love out of every soundtrack out there. Let me start of by saying that these are not perfect headphones because they don't excel at everything. These are 30$ dynamic drivers, 50MM drivers at that. They don't have the control that higher end mid-fi and high-fi cans have. They won't hit all the notes that are available, a lot are drown out. But what they do have, is...